Alleged murder: Police arrest 36 Nekede Poly students

No fewer than 36 students of the Federal Polytechnic , Nekede , Imo State, were arrested shortly after the killing of a member of the National Youth Service Corps , simply identified as Justice .
The deceased , a graduate of the institution serving in Cross River State, was murdered at the Polytechnic junction last Saturday .
Addressing journalists in Owerri , the state capital, on Monday , the Imo State Commissioner of Police , Chris Ezike , said that , apart from arresting the prime suspects , the command had carried out a raid at the scene of the crime , which led to the arrest of the 36 students .
The CP also noted that the preliminary investigation conducted by the command showed that the killing was cult - related . He said the raid and arrests were necessary to prevent any reprisal from a rival cult group .
Meanwhile , the killing of the corps member has sent shock waves among the students . Some of them , who spoke to our correspondent on Monday , described the incident as heart- breaking . They also confessed to being scared by the resurgence of cult - related murders in the institution .
Most students who live around the spot where the murder took place fled the area for fear of being caught in a cross- fire between rival secret cults. They returned only after they learnt that the CP had deployed a team of policemen to keep the peace in the institution .




Source:punchng